Antheraea paukpelengensis
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Updated as per personal communication with Ron Brechlin, (angustomarginata, kalangensis, paukpelengensis) as presented in Entomo-Satsphingia:
New Antheraea; July 22, 2009
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Antheraea paukpelengensis
Brechlin and Meister, 2009
Antheraea paukpelengensis male, Sulawesi, Pulau Peleng,
March,
from Entomo-Satsphingia,
courtesy of Ron Brechlin, digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus: Antheraea, Hubner, 1819
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DISTRIBUTON:
Antheraea paukpelengensis
(forewing length: males: 52-68mm; females: probably larger) flies in central
Sulawesi: Pulau Peleng, Indonesia.
This new species belongs in the cordifolia subgroup.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Antheraea
paukpelengensis flies in March and probably again later in the year.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Males
use highly developed antennae to detect female scent which is distributed into the wind. Males fly into the wind in a zigzag
pattern to detect the pheromone and subsequently locate the female.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
The species name, paukpelengensis, is chosen for the specimen type locality in Pulau Peleng and for the close appearance relationship between
this new species and A. paukstadtorum.
Larval Food Plants
It is hoped that this
alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will
prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely
related foodplants is worthwhile.
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On my home computer only: notes on new Antheraea by Ronald Brechlin (in German) as published in
Entomo-Satsphingia 2 (1): 42 – 46 (March 2009)
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